Should I make my own wedding cake?
Literally everyone has asked me if i’m making my own wedding cake, which I guess is a reasonable question given my job. My answer, NO WAY.
“But why? You’re a baker, it would save so much money if you made your own cake!”
You’re absolutely right, it would be cheaper (in theory) for me to make my own wedding cake. However, as anyone who has planned a wedding will tell you, its not necessarily about the cost.
The biggest factor as to why I'm not making my own cake is the stress factor. Weddings are stressful enough to plan without having to think about making your own cake. Cake making takes alot of time, energy and planning, and so does the rest of the wedding organisation. The last thing I want to be doing a couple of days before my own wedding is being tied to my kitchen stressing about baking a perfect wedding cake, with all sorts of other chaos going on around me. The spot light shines even brighter when you make wedding cakes for a living, so people will expect perfection. I also don't want to have to think about boxing and transporting a cake over to my wedding venue along with everything else, then setting it up on the morning of my wedding. It’s too stressful.
Time is the other reason I won’t be making my own wedding cake. I’m going to be doing enough running around in the week leading up to my wedding, time flying by, to make sure everything gets done properly. Why add making a cake into that mix (no pun intended)? I would much rather spend the down time that I do have getting my nails done and enjoying time with my family and friends.
Your wedding is the one time in your life where you can legitimately ask people to run around after you, catering to your every whim, so why not take advantage of that? Outsource as much as possible I say (if you can afford to) so that you can enjoy the lead up to your wedding and focus your energy where it’s really needed. Professionals are just that - professional- so let them take these things out of your hands and let them do what they do best. Any wedding industry expert will give you the same advice.
As a wedding industry professional myself, I always advise couples to let me take care of everything for them when it comes to their cake. I want to do it for you, so I can make your day as special as possible. Even down to things like cake stands which I can source for my couples. It’s a little thing, but it takes something off their plate that in the grand scheme of things isn’t their priority.
So in conclusion, unless you’re a crafty type and want to make everything yourself, trust experts with your wedding and outsource to the hills! I definitely have.